As a poet once wrote, touch has a memory. To know touch is to have lived. Even as I write this, tactile reminiscences are surfacing, suggested by thinking about the…
Day: February 18, 2025
Here’s What to Know About Measles Outbreak in Texas and New Mexico
The measles outbreak in rural West Texas has grown to 58 cases as of Tuesday, and eight people in neighboring eastern New Mexico also have been diagnosed with measles. Public…
What to Do If You’re Anxious About Flying Right Now
Anxiety about flying is common during the best of times: Research suggests up to 40% of people worldwide have some degree of aerophobia. Add a string of recent plane crashes…
Help Twix on his road to recovery at the Ontario SPCA’s Cupcake Day Meet & Treat event
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cornwall, ON – (Feb. 18, 2025) – The Ontario SPCA Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Animal Centre is inviting the community to enjoy a sweet treat at their Cupcake…
A Woman in Wyoming Is Hospitalized With Bird Flu
An older woman in southeast Wyoming is hospitalized with bird flu, state health department officials said Friday. It’s the state’s first human case of Type A H5N1 influenza, which is…
The Way Hospitals Care for Incarcerated Patients Must Change
Within the walls of a hospital, privacy is sacred—the intimate details of someone’s body and illness are meant to be as carefully guarded, as quietly delivered, as a sacramental confession.…
Helping lost animals get back to their families
It can be a scary and confusing experience for an animal who becomes lost, which makes reuniting them with their families even more rewarding! When a lost animal arrives in…
Laura Riggi: Strip cropping improves plant defenses against herbivorous insects via the soil
In this post Laura Riggi from University of Wageningen (Netherlands) presents her work ‘Strip-cropping legacy enhances potato plant defence responses to aphids via soil-mediated mechanisms’. She talks about the importance…
Ohio transit agency to switch to green hydrogen for fuel cell buses
One of the nation’s largest hydrogen-powered transit fleets is seeking to switch to a cleaner — and local — fuel source as part of a federally funded clean hydrogen hub.…
How PJM can get the power that it needs — and fast
PJM Interconnection, the organization that manages the transmission grid delivering electricity to about 65 million people from the mid-Atlantic coast to the Great Lakes, badly needs more power. In fact,…